Texting
Early on at the conference they told us that the more technologically advanced accountants text. I don’t text. I have email and I’m always at my computer, so why do I need to text? So there I was in class, cellphone in my pocket, sound set to stun (silent), time on my hands, thought I’d try some out-of-sight under-the-desk texting. I sent a couple notes to Judy. It’s tedious, texting with a telephone keypad, but it works. I put the phone away. Later, my attention was drawn to a beeping noise. I checked; it wasn’t my phone. I looked around. Took me a few minutes to spot the person with their hands down low, typing furiously away on a full smartphone keypad. That person’s hearing must be even worse than mine. That telephone was not set to run silent. Every out-of-sight under-the-desk keystroke was accompanied by a distinct audible beep. Maybe accountants shouldn’t text after all.
Blog
We get to track which blog pages get looked at the most. Not the most altogether, but out of the last 500 pageloads. The current leader?… one of the first video clips we did; all the way back in July. No references to it since then, but it’s still at the top of the pack. Feeding the turtles. http://steveandjudystravelblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/turtles.html We expected to see turtles when we got back to Gulf Waters, but not so. None. No turtles in the pond. No turtles knocking on our door in the morning for food. No coots either. Guess all the turtles and coots flew north for the summer. We’ll just have to wait for their return.
Life on the beach
The sights and sounds
Life bird
Heard he was there while we were still in Florida. He waited for us to get back to Texas. Today we drove to 75 acre lake at Choke Canyon State Park. At the southwest corner of the lake, other side from us, walking on the plants on the surface of the water, black and chestnut bird, yellow underwings, yellow shield on his forehead. Northern Jacana.
Tropical bird. Rare for the U.S. He doesn’t come here every year. 200 mile round trip for us.
We didn’t get a good picture. Here are a couple pictures someone else took though:
